Officials promote US Naval Sea Cadet Corps

Of­fi­cials from the loc­al chapter of the United States Nav­al Sea Ca­det Corps pro­moted the group at a re­cent meet­ing of the Take Back Your Neigh­bor­hood civic as­so­ci­ation.

The USNSCC’s San Ant­o­nio Di­vi­sion is loc­ated at the Nav­al Sup­port Activ­ity base at Ox­ford and Rob­bins av­en­ues in Lawndale. It is named in hon­or of the San Ant­o­nio, a ship that has served as the base for Hur­ricane Kat­rina re­cov­ery ef­forts and anti-pir­acy forces off Somalia.

The group was chartered by Con­gress in 1958 to provide Amer­ic­an youths with a drug- and al­co­hol-free en­vir­on­ment for hands-on train­ing in vari­ous spe­cial­ties, with the goals of help­ing them ma­ture and im­prov­ing their lead­er­ship abil­it­ies.

Girls and boys age 11-17 are in­vited to join. They meet the second week­end of the month from 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The youths take part in drills, trips, parades and spe­cial events. They traveled to Nor­folk, Va. from May 1-5, board­ing ships and tak­ing part in sail­or train­ing.

Lar­kin said the di­vi­sion has “zero tol­er­ance” for drugs, crime or haz­ing.

More in­form­a­tion is avail­able by call­ing 267-261-5679 or vis­it­ing san­anto­niod­iv.org

In oth­er news from the April 15 meet­ing:

• Di­anne Murphy, the com­munity re­la­tions of­ficer in the 2nd Po­lice Dis­trict, en­cour­aged people to sign up for Op­er­a­tion I.D.

Par­ti­cipants can sup­ply Murphy with their driver’s li­cense num­ber, and she will send them stick­ers to place on valu­able prop­erty. If the prop­erty is stolen, it can be iden­ti­fied by the stick­ers that con­tain the own­er’s driver’s li­cense num­ber. Murphy can be reached at 215-685-7276.

• Max My­ers Play­ground, at 1601 Heller­man St., of­fers monthly flower-ar­ran­ging classes. The next class is May 10, at 7 p.m. The cost is $5. Par­ti­cipants are asked to bring a mug and scis­sors. To re­serve a spot, email pam­s­petals1@ya­hoo.com or call 215-685-1242.